No better source than Al-Jazeera?
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Genuinely ignorant, what wrong with Al-Jazeera? Sure, it’s biased on some topics, but aren’t all news sources?
So it’s the “We can take down what we don’t like”-Act
It’s targetting only the biggest platforms and there is nothing in EU taking control.
Oh God no, the horror that the EU could remove content that promotes hatred!
The problem is usually in the broadness of the definition. Less democratic regimes can easily use this to forbid material about opposing views and parties. Double-edged sword.
Cant less democratic regimes do that anyway?
I think the problem is that social media has been used for great evil so an attempt to curb that is good.
At least it’s a democratic body. Way better than Musk being in capricious control of deleting speech rights.
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This law goes both ways. Left or right, extremism comes from every side.
The EU giveth (removable batteries, mandated USB-C) and it taketh away
violations could bring fines worth up to 6 percent of their global revenue – which could amount to billions – or even a ban from the EU.
Not too shabby! Seems like the laws at least have some teeth.
Wish GDPR had the same kind of teeth.
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I feel like common knowledge of all the shit big tech companies have pulled throughout their history is sufficient justification for giving massive fines.
